How To Install php-font-lib on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-font-lib
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is php-font-lib
php-font-lib is:
A library to read, parse, export and make subsets of different types of font files
This library can be used to:
- Read TrueType, OpenType (with TrueType glyphs), WOFF font files
- Extract basic info (name, style, etc.)
- Extract advanced info (horizontal metrics, glyph names, glyph shapes, etc.)
- Make an Adobe Font Metrics (AFM) file from a font
There are three methods to install php-font-lib
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install php-font-lib Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install php-font-lib
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install php-font-lib
Install php-font-lib Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install php-font-lib
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install php-font-lib
Install php-font-lib Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install php-font-lib
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install php-font-lib
How To Uninstall php-font-lib on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the php-font-lib
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove php-font-lib
Uninstall php-font-lib And Its Dependencies
To uninstall php-font-lib
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-font-lib
Remove php-font-lib Configurations and Data
To remove php-font-lib
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge php-font-lib
Remove php-font-lib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove php-font-lib
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-font-lib
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-font-lib
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.